Age of Wonders III

Age of Wonders III

Ayalin Premium Tribe Invasion
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Ayalin  [developer] 9 Mar, 2023 @ 9:27am
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A majority of the visual content was done by myself (essentially recoloring existing textures or applying some alpha, material tweaks, new unit dovetailing, unit icons and visual effects), but there is also some content coming from other mods and honesty commands me to list them. With the exception of one texture, only 3D models with their rig already setup were recycled.

The lore, the tribe thematic and the way all this content is put together in this mod all comes from my own imagination and I simply chose to take external models when I judged they were perfectly suited for my (personal) creative intention. But if any of the models listed here is an issue for whatever reasons, please contact me and you can be sure I will react accordingly (that includes removing the model and creating my own replacement in the worst case scenario).

I will start by the only texture being taken from another mod, the Tigran Chariot being used by Blood God Heralds is the same as the one you can find in Chivalrous intentions. It’s just one texture, but I would like to give a special mention to thatHuman for the great work he has done on his own unit mod, and also mention that out of all unit mods I studied this one is the one which helped me and inspired me the most. Don’t hesitate to have a look at his mod and subscribe to it for hundred of new units, the link is here- https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1538060953&searchtext=chivalrous

On the same vibe, a big thanks to Gladen for answering to me on Aow forums and helping me with some of the icon questions I had.

Regarding new 3D models now- some models come from the Spider Army mod and generally speaking this mod also helped me a lot to understand the content manager tool-

[Blood god] Orc executioner model
[Blood god] Hand of the Blood God model
[Kukulcan] Tigran Immortal model
[Miracle Court] Halfling outcast Tinkerer model
[Miracle Court] Miracle Court High prince model
[Arachna] Orc bounty hunter model
[Arachna] Werewolf model

You can find the mod right there- https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2863466584&searchtext=spider+army

The equipment needed to make all the variations of the Temple Guard unit (Shield, Axe, spaulders) as well as the Ballista model (named “Widowmaker”, and retextured in black & gold in my mod) comes from the New Arsenal unit mod that you can find at the following link ( https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1249800827&searchtext=arsenal ).

And finally, the Vault Guardian model is coming from the following mod-
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2939447452
Its author said he has abandoned the mod, so you might see more 3D models coming from this one in the future, as I obviously want to avoid adding new units which could be too close to other units done by other unit mods which are well spread across the community.

Regarding my own content now- to any modder out there willing to recycle my own textures/units into his own mod, please feel free, I did it myself as you can see when I judged it was the best fit for the mod. I would just appreciate it if you could mention the origin of the texture being recycled if applicable, and if possible avoid having the exact same copy of the unit that I did myself (just color swap it a little bit for example or change its equipment, whatever).
Last edited by Ayalin; 9 Mar, 2023 @ 4:41pm